OCR C2 2010 January — Question 3

Exam BoardOCR
ModuleC2 (Core Mathematics 2)
Year2010
SessionJanuary
TopicBinomial Theorem (positive integer n)
TypeSubstitution into binomial expansion

3
  1. Find and simplify the first four terms in the expansion of \(( 2 - x ) ^ { 7 }\) in ascending powers of \(x\).
  2. Hence find the coefficient of \(w ^ { 6 }\) in the expansion of \(\left( 2 - \frac { 1 } { 4 } w ^ { 2 } \right) ^ { 7 }\).